Goat Hill Tavern v. City of Costa Mesa

Opinion

WALLIN, J.

Robert Ziemer, owner of the Goat Hill Tavern, was granted a writ of administrative mandamus (Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5) ordering the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa to set aside its denial of Ziemer’s application for renewal of a conditional use permit for the tavern, to recognize that the tavern had a vested right to continue operation, and to renew the conditional use permit. The city appeals, contending the trial court erred in finding the tavern had any vested rights to continue in business which resulted in the trial court erroneously applying the independent…